City of St. Joseph v. Union Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Buchanan Circuit Court. — Hon. A. M. "Woodson, Judge. (1) The court erred in overruling defendant’s objection to the introduction of testimony under plaintiff’s petition. It failed to state a cause of action.
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Appeal from Buchanan Circuit Court. — Hon. A. M. "Woodson, Judge. (1) The court erred in overruling defendant’s objection to the introduction of testimony under plaintiff’s petition. It failed to state a cause of action. Littleton v. Richardson, 34 N. H. 179; Garrison v. Babbage Transportation Co., 94 Mo. 130; Russell v. Place, 94 U. S. 608; Packet Co. v. Sickles, 5 Wall (U. S.) 592; '2 Black on Judgment, sec. 617; Inhabitants v. Railroad,, 40 Mass. 34; Bobbins v. Chicago, 4 Wall (U. S.) 357. (2) The court erred in admitting the bill of exceptions taken in the case of Tippin v. St. Joseph, to…
1Opinion of the CourtBlack, P. J.
William Tippin recovered a judgment against the city of St. Joseph for $6,000, compensation for personal injuries which he sustained by reason of a defective street. The judgment was affirmed on appeal to this court, and thereafter the city paid the judgment and then brought this suit against the defendant, a street car company, to recover the amount so paid to Tippin and the costs and expenses of that suit.
Tippin alleged in his petition that Sixth street, at a designated place, was unsafe and dangerous in this, to-wit: “The same was rough and uneven and there existed in the same excavations,…
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